Improvement in fence-posts



H. DELANO.

FENCE-POST.

Patented June 12, 1877.

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N1 PETERS, PHOTUL THOGRAPH UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

HOWARD DELANO, OF SYRACUSE, ASSIGN OR TO HIMSELF AND RALP DEWEY, OFOTTO, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEM ENT IN FENCE-POSTS;

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [91,941, dated June 12,1877 application filed December 29, 1576.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HOWARD DELANO, ofSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have inventeda new and useful Improved Fence, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference'being had to the annexeddrawings, in which-- w Figure 1 represents an isometrical perspective,and Fig. 2 a cross-section thereof.

The letters of reference used represent corresponding parts whereverthey occur.

The general object of my invention is to make a fence which can be usedeither as permanent or portable, and which also can be readily adjustedto rough or uneven ground.

This adjustability is obtained without requiring the panels B to beespecially constructed to accomplish that result, as will be readilyseen from the manner of construction and operation hereinafter setforth.

Most of the portable fences require special construction to allow thefence to adapt itself to uneven ground.

My fence is made as follows, and as a part of my invention consists ofthe posts I will first describe their construction.

I first takepieces of iron AA, flat or half round, or with the innersurface concave and the outer convex, like a piece of gas-pipe cut intwo longitudinally, or of any other desired form, to obtain biting orclamping edges of the desired length, and .bend them to the shape shownin the drawings, Fig. 2, and at the proper points punch or drill holesin them. The location of these holes will vary with the style of fencemade.

Two of these pieces, when put together in proper position, form an ironpost very simple in construction, durable, andcheap.

It will be readily understood that the lower parts are bent, as shown inthe drawings, to brace up the fence and give it lateral support andstii'ness.

Having thus made my posts, I take boards, and, having bored holes ineach one a short distance from the ends, equidistant from each other,place them in properposition between the halves of the posts, insertbolts 0 through the holes in the posts and boards, screw up the nuts 0tightly, and the fence is complete.

The holes in the ends of the boards are bored at such distances from theends as to allow the boards to lap over each other, as shown in Fig. 1of the drawings. For all ordinary purposes a lap of six to eight inchesis enough.

Any ordinary difference in the thickness of the boards makes nodifference, as the halves of the posts can be readily drawn in .by thebolts sufficiently to hold the boards tight.

When intended for permanent use, the fence can be stiffened and heldmore firmly upright against any lateral force by fastening the lowerends of the halves of the post to a sill, D, of wood, or iron plates E,as shown in the drawings, and then covering them with earth, or in anyother suitable manner.

The post, iii-fact, consists of bisected perforated metallic sections,having biting or clamping edges, between which the panels are secured byindependent clamping-bolts. The sections which form the post are placedopposite to each other with the panels between them, and when thesections are tightened by the bolts an equal pressure will be exertedupon each section, so as to embed their edges into the panels.

This prevents the sections from being spread when being tightened.

The form of the sections renders them strong and better able to resistthe pressure of the screw-bolts without spreading.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is.

1. A fence-post having two perforated metallic sections with biting orclamping edges. in combination with independent clampingbolts and woodenpanels or rails.

2. A fence-post consisting of the vertical bisected metallic biting orclamping sections secured to the panels byscrew-bolts, and haring footflaring extensions secured to a base, substantially as herein set forth.

H. DELANO.

Witnesses:

E. W. KINNE, O. W. SMITH.

